Haiti opens consulate in southern Mexico to address migration rise

FILE PHOTO: Migrants, mostly Haitians, wait in line for asylum processing by Mexico's Commission for Refugee Assistance (COMAR) outside a soccer stadium in Tapachula, Mexico October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Torres/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Haiti on Friday opened a consulate in the southern Mexican border city of Tapachula in a bid to help manage migration, Mexico's government said, amid a steep increase in Haitians https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/their-prospects-dim-haitian-migrants-strain-mexicos-asylum-system-2021-10-05 attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico frontier this year.

The opening of the consulate near the Guatemalan border is part of efforts between the governments of Mexico and Haiti to look after migrants from the Caribbean nation inside Mexican territory, the Mexican government said in a statement.